Guiana Highlands

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The Guiana Highlands are a vast, ancient plateau region in northern South America, known for their dramatic tepui table-top mountains, rich biodiversity, and role as the source area for major rivers including the Orinoco.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Guiana Highlands canonical 34
Guayana Highlands 2
South American tepui 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
natural region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
biodiversityStatus biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
characteristicLandform tepui ⓘ
climate humid ⓘ
tropical ⓘ
contains Auyán-tepui ⓘ
Canaima National Park ⓘ
Kaieteur Plateau ⓘ
Mount Roraima ⓘ
linked to: Roraima Tepui
continent South America ⓘ
countryOverlap Brazil ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
linked to: British Guiana

Suriname ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
drainageBasin Amazon Basin ⓘ
Essequibo Basin ⓘ
linked to: Essequibo

Orinoco Basin ⓘ
formationProcess long-term erosion of ancient shield rocks ⓘ
geologicalAge Precambrian ⓘ
Proterozoic ⓘ
highestPoint Pico da Neblina ⓘ
highestPointElevation 2995 m ⓘ
knownFor endemism ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
table-top mountains ⓘ
waterfalls ⓘ
locatedIn Brazil ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
linked to: British Guiana

Suriname ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
northern South America ⓘ
notableWaterfall Angel Falls ⓘ
Kaieteur Falls ⓘ
partOf Guiana Shield ⓘ
relativeLocation north of the Amazon Basin ⓘ
south of the Orinoco River ⓘ
rockType granite ⓘ
quartzite ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
sourceOfRiver Branco River ⓘ
Essequibo River ⓘ
linked to: Essequibo

Orinoco River ⓘ
Rio Negro ⓘ
vegetationType montane forest ⓘ
savanna ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Serranía del Delgado Chalbaud → partOf → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Caroni River → sourceRegion → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
America → contains → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Guiana Shield → contains → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Auyán-tepui → partOf → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
subject linked to: Jimmie Angel
Pemon → culturalRegion → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Bolívar State → contains → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Auyán-tepui → belongsToRange → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Churún River → locatedIn → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Patamona language → region → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Dug → settingOfStory → South American tepui ⓘ
linked to: Guiana Highlands
Paragua River → drains → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Southern Venezuela → partOf → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Venezuela
Caroní River → sourceRegion → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Roraima Tepui → partOf → Pakaraima Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Guiana Highlands
James Crawford Angel → explored → Guayana Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guiana Highlands
Jimmy Angel → associatedWith → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Arekuna → ethnicGroupOf → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Arekuna → culturalRegion → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Akawaio → locatedIn → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Carrao River → locatedInEcoregion → Guianan Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guiana Highlands
Makushi → culturalRegion → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Patamona → locatedIn → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Ingarikó → locatedIn → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Ingarikó → indigenousTo → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Wayana people → indigenousTo → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Wapishana people → region → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Guayana Region → partOf → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Rapateaceae → centerOfDiversity → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Río Churún → locatedInEcoregion → Guayana Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guiana Highlands
Ingarikó language → region → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Kapon → spokenIn → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Kapon languages → region → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Kapong → spokenIn → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Kevin → habitat → South American tepui ⓘ
linked to: Guiana Highlands
Makushi people → region → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Tiriyó people → primaryRegion → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Akawaio people → nativeTo → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Patamona people → region → Guiana Highlands ⓘ
Tumuc-Humac Mountains → partOf → Guiana Highlands ⓘ